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Pit

A pit has several definitions:

  • any high walled depression in the ground. Examples include a quarry or (in Britain) a coal mine.
  • The 'bottomless pit is hell.
  • There is a card game called pit.
  • In a marching band, the section which does not march, usually consisting of xylophone, other mallet instruments, and/or timpani and suspended cymbal, is called the percussion pit (pit for short).
  • The seed in the center of a certain fruits is called a pit. Fruits containing pits include the cherry, peach, prune, olive, avocado, and others.
  • Pit is a fictitious character who stars in the video game franchise Kid Icarus.

See also Mosh pit.

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